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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Budgetary and accounting provisions

Article D4425-49

The administrative account, on which the Assembly of Corsica is called to deliberate in accordance with article L. 4425-13, presents in separate columns and in the order of the chapters and articles o…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Regularity of acts

Article 465

As from the publication of the opening judgment, the irregularity of acts performed by the protected person or by the person entrusted with his protection is sanctioned under the following conditions:…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Conditions for negotiating and concluding sectoral collective agreements

Article L7343-29

I.-The collective agreement for the sector is negotiated and concluded by :-on the one hand, one or more workers' organisations recognised as representative in the sector and appearing on the list pro…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Information system concerning jobseekers and employees

Article R5312-40

In addition to the data collected directly from the persons concerned, the information system is fed, within the framework of the purposes mentioned in Article R. 5312-38 and strictly limited to the i…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Obligations of taxpayers

Article 1649 AE

I.-1° The intermediary referred to in Article 1649 AD is any person who designs, markets or organises a cross-border device that must be declared, makes it available for the purposes of its implementa…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Protection of works and objects to which copyright or related rights are attached

Article R331-14

The decision of the member of the Autorité de régulation de la communication audiovisuelle et numérique designated pursuant to IV of article 4 of law no. 86-1067 of 30 September 1986 relating to freed…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Leave for employees standing for or elected to parliamentary or local office.

Article L3142-79

The employer shall allow an employee who is a candidate for election to the National Assembly or the Senate the time necessary to take part in the election campaign, up to a limit of twenty working da…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Withdrawal of a partner

Article R4381-70

As soon as a member ceases to be a professional, he loses the rights attached to his status as a member, with the exception, however, of remuneration relating to capital contributions and his share, i…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Withdrawal of a partner

Article R4381-68

A member whose contribution is exclusively industrial, wishing to withdraw from the company, shall notify the company of his decision in the manner provided for in the first paragraph of article R. 43…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Withdrawal of a partner

Article R4381-69

A member holding shares corresponding to a capital contribution may, on condition that he informs the company thereof in the manner provided for in the first paragraph of Article R. 4381-53, cease the…

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